[kde-linux] kde default settings directory

Werner Joss werner at hoernerfranzracing.de
Wed Sep 17 07:07:36 UTC 2008


>
> I know in KDE 4 I can use
>
>   -DKDE_DEFAULT_HOME='.kde4'
>
> to change the settings directory, but how do I do that with KDE 3.5.10 ?
> I would like my kde 3 settings to go into .kde3 and my kde 4 settings to
> go
> into .kde4 or .kde
>
> Are there any problems with leaving it all going to .kde for both kde3 and
> kde4?

don't do that - better create a directory .kde3 and make a symlink:
ln -s .kde3 .kde so that kde 3.x will use this.

werner



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